Timeline of space exploration (from the beginning of space race to nowadays)

By MatteoAdam

  • The start of the space race

    This is the beginning of the space race : United States announced its intention to launch an artificial satellite and few days later, the Soviet Union announced its intention to do the same thing.
  • The first artificial satelite in space

    The first artificial satelite in space

    The USSR launched into orbit the first artificial satellite of history, which named Sputnik 1.
  • The first dog in space

    The first dog in space

    Laika was the first living being in orbit when the Soviet Union launched her on the Sputnik 2 mission.
  • The creation of NASA

    The creation of NASA

    In the context of the space race, the Americans created the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This administration was created in the goal of space and solar system exploration. Even today, the NASA still has an important role on everything rely to space.
  • The first to journey into space

    The first to journey into space

    Vostok 1, was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The astronaut was Yuri Gagarine.
  • The first American in Space

    The first American in Space

    The first American in space was Alan Shepard. It was a big success for America.
  • The first successfull Venus flyby

    The first successfull Venus flyby

    The Mariner 2 was the first American spacecraft to make a successful planetary flyby of Venus.
  • The first successful flyby of the planet Mars

    The first successful flyby of the planet Mars

    The Mariner 4 was the first American spacecraft to make a successful flyby of the planet Mars
  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first man to land and walk on the moon. He was accompanied by 2 others astraunauts who named Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
  • First successfull Jupiter flyby

    First successfull Jupiter flyby

    Pioneer 10 was the first American space probe to make a successful flyby of the planet Jupiter.
  • The first flyby on Mercury

    The first flyby on Mercury

    The Mariner 10 was the first American spacecraft, launched by NASA, to make flyby of Mercury.
  • The first successfull flyby on Venus

    The first successfull flyby on Venus

    The Pioneer 11 was the first American space probe to make a successful flyby of the planet Saturne.
  • The first and only flyby on Uranus

    The first and only flyby on Uranus

    The Voyager 2 was the first American space probe to make a successful flyby of the planet Uranus, witch is the only one to nowadays.
  • .The first successfull flyby on Neptune

    .The first successfull flyby on Neptune

    The Voyager 2 was also the first American space probe to make a successful flyby of the planet Neptune.
  • The creation of the ISS

    The creation of the ISS

    The International Space Station (ISS) was launched by five participating space agencies, NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
  • The first flyby on pluto

    The first flyby on pluto

    The New Horizons is a space probe that was launched by NASA in order to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system. Then, it was the first American space probe to make a successful flyby of the planet Pluto.
  • The Artemis I mission

    The Artemis I mission

    This is the Artemis I mission that will be launched soon. The mission has the goal to make the mans to go again on the Moon.